8,000 programs with a distribution level of over 150,000 awards for undergraduate and postgraduate students worth a total of more than $35 million is what EdFed's comprehensive scholarship database contains. It also includes student loan forgiveness programs for those who have graduated from college and need alternatives for repayment.

When I was comparing lenders to consolidate my student loans I really looked at customer service. I was impressed that EdFed offered me my own loan counselor so I was able to speak with the same person every time I called. This was what persuaded me to go with EdFed and boy am I glad I did. - Samantha D. Miami, FL

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Education is one of the most basic right of any human, but with the increase in prices and the costs involved in education this has made these rights turn into a privilege which very few can enjoy. Any normal person today in the whole of United States has to take an education loan at one point of time to pay for their education fees.